2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Ed Anger]

It's the Acrapocalypse.

Stupids are gonna win.

Welcome to Costco.

[11B4V]

CNN reported from the rumor mill that Republicans are considering setting up a "safe haven" party for Republican up for reelection who don't want to be associated with Trump.

Their destruction is near complete.

[CountDeMoney]

CNN reported from the rumor mill that Republicans are considering setting up a "safe haven" party for Republican up for reelection who don't want to be associated with Trump.

Their destruction is near complete.

The fact that all this is going to happen at the Republican National Convention--which is going to be in Cleveland...well, if the Greeks or Romans did not tell of it, I think that story must surely be in the Bible.

[Phillip V]

[MadImmortalMan]

There were definitely fewer people at the caucus this time.

[FunkMonk]

They've been bullied and they've been hammered into desperation, and in their desperation they've turned to a man they don't fully understand.

But why destroy the GOP?

Because some men just want to watch the world burn. 

[11B4V]

It needs to be burned to the ground in its current state.  It's a disgrace.

[Sophie Scholl]

The problem with Super Tuesday as I see it for Democrats, is that the majority of the delegates are from states with little to no chance of actually going Democrat in the national election.  This includes and is highlighted by Hillary's "huge" victory Tuesday.  Out of all of the states Hillary has won so far, it has been a blue state by a very slim margin, a dyed in the wool red state, a very narrow win in a purple state, or purple Virginia where she won her only, in my mind, convincing victory.

Sidenote:  I added the Drumpf/Drumpf add-on for amusement purposes, and it makes for an interesting read in this thread.

[MadImmortalMan]

Wanting to watch the world burn is an absolutely self-interested desire.

In times of chaos, men of ability can rise to be heroes. Stability benefits mediocrity.

Guan Yu was a pirate. Zhang Fei was a farmer. Liu Bei wove sandals.

[Monoriu]

Wanting to watch the world burn is an absolutely self-interested desire.

In times of chaos, men of ability can rise to be heroes. Stability benefits mediocrity.

Guan Yu was a pirate. Zhang Fei was a farmer. Liu Bei wove sandals.

Guan Yu was a pirate?  Never heard of that one.  I think he was a bandit.  That Liu Bei wove sandals is common knowledge.  No idea about Zhang Fei. 

[MadImmortalMan]

That was Zhang Fei's peach garden. 

[sbr]

There are quite a few people I work with that are Trump supporters, a few of them I share a lunch table with every day and a couple I consider friends.

I don't talk politics with anyone.  I almost never do so here, much less with people I have to look in the face every day; though occasionally I will share an anti-Trump meme or something I find on Twitter.  I can tell they are not amused even when they admit it is funny.

Today Conspiracy Theory Guy (who just got his first smart phone over the weekend) was on his phone at lunch and starts rambling about how this place is a Banana Republic, and something about Clinton Drug Rings and Benghazi Arm Deals.  The guy next to him got sucked into acknowledging his ramblings and CTG started talking about something someone (you can tell how much attention I pay to him) in the GOP said about trying to stop Trump from getting the nomination; and that we were a Banana Republic because "we" didn't get a say in things.  I told him that anyone that would vote for Trump probably shouldn't get a fucking say in anything.

He did the guppy thing where the mouth opens and closes a few times without anything coming out, then stormed off to have a smoke.  I could feel the tension from the rest of the table but just went back to reading on my phone.

[Monoriu]

That was Zhang Fei's peach garden. 

That made him a landlord, not farmer 

[MadImmortalMan]

That was Zhang Fei's peach garden. 

That made him a landlord, not farmer 

Maybe. But the point is, that in a time of "stability", nobody would know who those guys were. In stability, talent is wasted on mediocrity. People with no talent love stability because it allows them to compete with talented people.

But when the shit actually hits it, you're either talented or you're dead. If the empire didn't divide in Liu Bei's time, nobody would know who he was.

[alfred russel]

It needs to be burned to the ground in its current state.  It's a disgrace.

The way it needs to burn is to nominate someone reasonable (okay that may be farfetched if Cruz is the most likely alternative, but hang with me) and then have Trump walk out and take the crazies with him. Not nominating Trump and have the non crazies walk out.